3. (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.

4. (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.

Whether it is Lawful to Steal through Stress of Need?... OF THEFT AND ROBBERY (NINE ARTICLES) Whether it is lawful to steal through stress of need? Objection 1: It would seem unlawful to steal through stress of need. .../...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful to 12.htm

Wesley's Hymns Reconsidered... The metre most familiar to most of us is, I suppose, iambic: in this metre the line is divided into pairs of syllables with the stress falling on the second .../.../the hymns of wesley and watts five papers/wesleys hymns reconsidered.htm

Prevailing Prayer.... Some have zealously used truth to convert men, and laid very little stress on prayer. ... Not that they lay too much stress on prayer. .../.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture iv prevailing prayer.htm

The Temptation... Mark has not recorded the details of our Lord's temptations, and lays more stress upon the duration of the struggle, than the nature of the last and crowning .../.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 12 13 the temptation.htm

Introduction... best be mastered by the study of such idioms and phrases as are provided in this book; but just as care must be taken to place every accent or stress on the .../.../christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/introduction.htm

The Seven Oecumenical Councils.... eighty millions, adopts, in common with the Roman communion, the doctrinal decisions of the seven oldest oecumenical Councils, laying especial stress on the .../.../ 11 the seven oecumenical.htm

How we Don't Get In, and How we Do.... Salvation is not by lineal descent, not by family line. It is "not of blood." John clears that ground. Some of us put great stress on what we are in ourselves. .../.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/how we dont get in.htm

Thesaurus

Stress (3 Occurrences)... or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.../s/stress.htm - 8k

Shear (5 Occurrences)... contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential .../s/shear.htm - 9k

Sadducees (14 Occurrences)... DOCTRINES OF THE SADDUCEES 1. Laid Stress on Ceremonial Exactness 2. Disbelief in the Spiritual World, in a Resurrection, and in Providence: Their Materialism 3 .../s/sadducees.htm - 31k

Zoroastrianism... of Purim. And the stress laid on the prophetic ability of the Magi in Matthew 2:1-12 is certainly not without significance. But .../z/zoroastrianism.htm - 17k

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)... Doubtless also many devotional echoes of these times of stress are deducible from the Psalms, so far as we can fairly identify them. .../h/hezekiah.htm - 72k

Predestination... No category of religious thought could go deeper, for it reaches down to the Infinite Will in relation to the universe of finite wills, and lays stress on will .../p/predestination.htm - 26k

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)... In other words, the redemption of life is to be interpreted so that stress is laid upon the qualitative rather than the quantitative. .../r/redeemer.htm - 45k

Redemption (46 Occurrences)... In other words, the redemption of life is to be interpreted so that stress is laid upon the qualitative rather than the quantitative. .../r/redemption.htm - 48k

Gift (148 Occurrences)... At times of intense emotional stress the memory acquires abnormal power, and persons may repeat words and even long passages in a foreign language, although .../g/gift.htm - 59k

Bible Concordance

Stress (3 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 3:1 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.(See RSV)

Titus 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind.(See NIV)

Jeremiah 19:9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.(Root in WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)